2008 winner for 2nd place, Torrance York of New Canaan, CT with her photographic work “Horizontal Yellow.”
Art of the Northeast (AoNE) is one of the most anticipated regional juried shows of the year at the Silvermine Guild Arts Center located in New Canaan, Connecticut. Traditionally drawing over 1200 entries, AoNE is open to all media and artists throughout New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Celebrating its 60th anniversary, this year’s event will be juried by Douglas Dreishpoon, chief curator at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. The juried competition/exhibition opens on Friday, May 8th with an awards ceremony open to the public and will run through June 5th, 2009.
“Art of the Northeast is one of the regions oldest exhibitions showcasing the richly diverse talent of work created in the Northeast,” says Gallery Director Jeffery Mueller. “The show gives great insight into the range of artistic practices and concepts being addressed by artists in this vital artistic geographic area. Having Mr. Dreishpoon as juror for the 60th year is a natural fit. He has extensive experience writing about and exhibiting some of the preeminent contemporary artists, as well as, helping to continue the Albright-Knox long standing commitment to exhibiting engaging contemporary art.”
Begun in 1949 as the New England Exhibition, the competition was founded by Guild members Miriam Broudy and Revington Arthur to showcase art from the region. Over the years, this distinguished exhibition has presented over 6,000 works of art. Throughout its history, Art of the Northeast has been a platform for both established and emerging artist, many who have gone on to receive national acclaim. Jurors have included major critics, curators and directors from some of the most influential contemporary art institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum.
AoNE 2008 Best in Show “Panoramic Manger” by Vermont artist, David Brewster. Throughout its history, Art of the Northeast, originally called Art of New England, has been a showcase for many emerging artist who gone on to receive national acclaim
Douglas Dreishpoon, chief curator at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York has worked in museums for more than twelve years as a curator of collections at the Weatherspoon Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro from 1995 to 1998, and as curator of contemporary art at the Tampa Museum of Art in Florida from 1991 to 1995. His essays and reviews have been published in numerous catalogues, magazines and journals, including Art in America, Art Journal, Art News, and Sculpture. His essay, “Sculptors and Critics, Arenas and Complaints,” was published in Action/Abstraction: Pollock, De Kooning, and American Art, 1940 – 1976 (Yale University Press, 2008). Other recent publications include The Panza Collection: An Experience of Color and Light (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 2007) and Petah Coyne: Above and Beneath the Skin (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 2005). He is currently organizing two exhibitions: Everything: Guillermo Kuitca, Paintings and Works on Paper, 1980 – 2008 (Miami Art Museum, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Walker Art Center, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 2009-2011) and Robert Mangold: Context and Commission (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, October 2009). A former board member of the American Section of the International Association of Art Critics, Dreishpoon holds a B.A. from Skidmore College, an M.A. from Tufts University, and a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of the City University of New York.
The AONE committee is chaired by Silvermine Guild Artist members Karen Kalkstein, a resident of Stamford who works in mixed media, Cecilia Fradet, printmaking, from Weston, Jodi Strmiska, drawing, from Bridgeport, and Kari Englehardt, encaustic painting, from Rye, New York. The deadline for entries for the Art of the Northeast is March 14th, at which time the involved jurying process begins with the first tier of accepted artists. Artists will be advised by the end of April if they are award winners.
For more information about the 60th Annual Art of the Northeast or for call for entries, please visit our website at www.silvermineart.org and or call 203-966-9700 ext. 26.
About Silvermine Guild Arts Center
Silvermine Guild Arts Center is located in New Canaan and is one of the oldest artist communities in the United States. Its nationally renowned artist guild, award winning gallery and school of art offer more than twenty contemporary and historic exhibitions annually and a wide range of art courses and workshops on its five-acre campus. The center provides innovative arts education in Norwalk and Stamford schools through its outreach program, Art Partners, and hosts a variety of lecture series and special programs. Silvermine Guild Arts Center is a nonprofit organization.
Silvermine Guild Arts Center Mission
Grounded in the belief that art is vital to the spirit, creativity and wholeness of human beings, the mission of Silvermine Guild Arts Center is to cultivate, promote and encourage growth through the arts; to showcase and serve artists; and to foster arts education and appreciation opportunities for the greater community.
Silvermine Galleries are open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1pm to 5 p.m. For more information, call (203) 966-9700 or visit the website: www.silvermineart.org.
